Overview
What this challenge is about.
Recommend a pricing model for a city bike-sharing system to balance access and sustainability. Complete this policy challenge for a verifiable certificate.
The scenario
Barcelona aims to deploy 5,000 bikes across 300 stations. Estimated annual operating cost is €10M. The city expects 40% of trips to replace car journeys. Similar systems in Paris and London show varying adoption rates.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
What pricing scheme for a city bike-sharing system maximizes social welfare while ensuring financial viability and equitable access?
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Analyze the characteristics of public goods and market failures in urban mobility
- Design pricing mechanisms that internalize externalities
- Evaluate trade-offs between efficiency and equity in public policy
- Apply cost-benefit analysis to a real-world public project
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Aligned coursework coming soon.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Public Goods
Apply public goods to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Pricing Strategy
Apply pricing strategy to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Cost Benefit Analysis
Apply cost benefit analysis to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Equity Analysis
Apply equity analysis to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Urban Policy
Apply urban policy to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: